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Animals – Teacher Resources

Incorporate students' natural curiosity about animals in your class with lessons and printables on sea life, endangered species, wildlife, and more. Educate them about animal behavior, biology, life cycles, and habitats with literature, games, and references. Science activities and graphic organizers will help students classify vertebrates and invertebrates. There are plenty of resources for math, writing, social studies, and art to extend your curriculum offerings for all grade levels.

Whiteboard Compatible Mini-Lessons

Focus on Frogs Mini-Lesson
Meet the Mammals Mini-Lesson
Characteristics of Mammals Mini-Lesson
Adaptations: Bird Beaks Mini-Lesson
Building Nests Mini-Lesson
More Mini-Lessons

Slideshows

Top 10 Animal-Themed Graphic Organizers
Animals Printables Slideshow (Grades K-1)
Gallery of DK Web Books for Life Science
Presidential Pets
Animals Printables Slideshow (Grades 1-3)
Animals Printables Slideshow (Grades 4-6)
Animals Printables Slideshow (Grades 2-4)

Printables for Grades K-2

Heart Butterfly
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Activities Booklet
What Is Adaptation?
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Poster & Activities
Home, Sweet, Home: Animal Habitats
Body Parts of an Ant
Which Dinosaur Is Taller?
More Popular Animal Printables

Printables for Grades 3-5

Layers of the Rain Forest Worksheets
Vertebrate and Invertebrate Animals
Animals of the Rainforest
Butterfly Life Cycle Worksheet
Orangutan Reading Passage
Dominant and Recessive Genes
How to Eat Fried Worms Enrichment Activities
More Popular Animal Printables

Printables for Grades 6-8

Animal Cell/Plant Cell (Blank) Printable
The Parts of a Plant Cell and an Animal Cell
Animal Adaptations Project -- Worksheet 1
Island of the Blue Dolphins Activities
Food Web
Animal Research and Writing
Cat Mask
More Popular Animal Printables

Printables for Grades 9-12

The Six Kingdoms
How Do Plant and Animal Cells Differ?
Food Web (Blank) Printable
The Anatomy of an Earthworm
Identifying Biomes
The Anatomy of a Sponge
Threats to Tropical Rain Forests
More Popular Animal Printables

Graphic Organizers

Living and Non-Living Things
Horse Organizer
Dogs and Cats as Pets: Venn Diagram
KWL Chart - Living and Non-Living
KWL Chart - Animals
Animal Coverings
Amphibians Venn Diagram
More Animal Graphic Organizers

Quizzes

Animal Classification Quiz
Vertebrates and Invertebrates Quiz
Mammals Quiz
Spiders Quiz
Insects Don't Bug Me Quiz
General Science Quiz
Arthropods Quiz
More Animal Quizzes

Lesson Plans for Grades K-6

What Am I? Icebreaker
"The Grasshopper and the Owl": A Fable by Aesop
Life Cycle of Butterflies
Stone Fox: A Collection of Lessons
"The Fox and the Goat": A Lesson on Aesop's Fable
Charlotte's Web Persuasive Letter
Animals of the Rainforest
More Popular Animal Lesson Plans

Lesson Plans for Grades 7-12

Is the DNA of a Cow Different from a Chicken's?
Estimating Turtle Size and Age
Dinosaur Detectives
Mystery of the Malformed Frogs Lesson Plan
Why Care About Amphibian Population Decline and Malformations?
What Foods Attract Ants?
Reptile and Amphibian Defense Strategies
More Animal Lesson Plans

Animals & Technology Connected

Animal Report PowerPoint Presentation
Animal Report PowerPoint Presentation: Student Planning Pages
Animal Report PowerPoint Presentation: Teacher Planning Page
Microscopic Organisms
Man's Best Friend Rubric
All About Wolves Rubric
75-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Voice Heard Again
More Technology Activities on Animals

Music, Drama, & Animals Connected

The Barnyard Song
Follow the Moon Teaching Ideas
The Beetles and the Bedbugs Song
Playing Prehistorics
More Music and Drama Activities on Animals

Animal Activities for Art Class

"Dear Zoo" Flap Book
Rain Forest Animals
Farm Animals Matching
Dinosaur Eggs
Can You Make a Feather? -- Activity 4.4
Science Fun: Find the Animals
Sea Creatures: Would You Rather...
More Popular Animal Art Activities

Animals in Literature

Animal Farm
Charlotte's Web
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Jan Brett's Winter Books
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery
Stellaluna
More Popular Literature Resources on Animals

Animal Resources for Reading & Language Arts

Because of Winn-Dixie Teacher's Guide
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Make Way for Ducklings
Animals and Their Young
Zoo Animals
Science and Language Arts: Design Your Own Animals
Curious George Books & Activities
More Popular Animal Resources for Reading & Language Arts

Digital Books

Eyewitness: Jungle
Eyewitness: Arctic & Antarctic
Eyewitness: Amphibian
One Million Things: Animal Life
Little Brainwaves Investigate: Animals
DK First Animal Encyclopedia
Eye Wonder: Mammals
Eye Wonder: Birds
Eyewitness: Eagle & Birds of Prey
E.Guides: Mammal
Eyewitness: Mammal
Eyewitness: Bird
Gallery of DK Web Books for Life Science

Games & Puzzles

An Animal Word Search
Where Are the Animals?
Search for the Animals
A Bird Word Search
Spring Crossword Puzzle I
Animal Life Puzzles
A Fishy Word Search
Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express Activity Kit
Make a Puzzle
In the Pond

Social Studies & Animals Connected

An Ocean Adventure Sub Kit (Grades 3-4)
The Summer of the Swans
Second-Grade Soil Scientists
Chimpanzees or Gorillas?
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Word Puzzle
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
The World of Rosemary Wells
More Popular Animal Resources for Social Studies

Wildlife Week Resources

Frog Life Cycle Booklet
A Visit to the Zoo Sub Kit (Grades 1-2)
Habitat and Animals Theme
Animal Adaptations Project -- Teacher Notes
How Do Animals Adapt to Seasonal Change? -- Activity 4.12
How Do Seasons Affect Animal Adaptations? -- Activity 4.11
Animal Habitat Crossword Puzzle
More Wildlife Teacher Resources

Earth Day Activities

Animal and Insect Pictures
Arctic Maze
There's an Owl in the Shower
What Are Viruses & Bacteria?
Extinct, Endangered, and Threatened Animals Activity
Recycling Craft Project: Make a Birdhouse
Animal Apartments
More Earth Day Teacher Resources

Animal Biology Resources

A Butterfly's Life Cycle
Animal Adaptation Project -- Student Overview
Pet Shop
How Do Animals Move? -- Activity 4.9
The Anatomy of a Fish (Labeled) Printable
Reading Tracks
Animal & Insect Transparencies Slideshow
More Animal Biology Resources

Mathematics & Animals Connected

Favorite Animal Graph
Dot-to-Dot Tiger Count
Shapes and Addition
Great Giraffes
Dave the Octopus
Literature & Math: If You Hopped Like a Frog
Pets: What Will Happen Next?
More Popular Animal Activities for Math Class

Animal Resources for History Class

The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
Animals in Uniform
Perfect Timing Educator's Kit
Animal Skin Clothing
All About the Buffalo
The Barnum & Bailey Circus
The Buffalo Hunters
More Animal Resources for History Class

Health & Safety Resources on Animals

Insects in the Garden
The Ants Have It!
Join the Firefighters!
Food From Plants and Animals
Disease-Carrying Animals
More Health & Safety Resources on Animals

Endangered Species

Endangered Species Wordsearch
Endangered Animals Hunt
Endangered Animals
Wetlands Life Worksheet
Endangered Animal Species
Reading Warm-Up 15 for Gr. 3 & 4: Animals
Wetlands Life Printable
More Resources on Endangered Species

Insects

List of Rain Forest Animals
Insects Bulletin Board
Two Bad Ants Teacher's Guide
Insect Likenesses and Differences
A Froggy Fable Activities
Camouflage
Butterfly Life Cycle Quiz
More Insects – Teacher Resources

Aquatic Animals

How Big Is a Blue Whale?
Backyardigans Character Mask: Pablo
Life in the Sea
Sea Animal Patterns
Big, Bigger, Biggest
Draw a Story
Ralph Masiello's Ocean Drawing Book Coloring Page
More Popular Aquatic Animal Resources

Zoo Animals

Making a Zoo Poster
Lion Mask Cut-Out
The Petting Zoo
And Tango Makes Three Educator's Guide
Science and Technology: Fake Trees and Giraffes
Science, Technology, and Society: Zoos that Are News
Draw a Path to My Door
More Resources on Zoo Animals

References

Some Unusual Facts About Snakes
Animal Defenses
Vertebrates Versus Invertebrates
Animal Group Terms
Animal Vocabulary: Families and Behavior
Animal Vocabulary
Animal Names: Male, Female, Young
More Animal References

Additional Animal Resources

Animal Adaptations Resources
Dinosaurs – Teacher Resources

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